The final piece of my 6 Days of Rebar. Now you can all rest easy, as I won't be spamming your inbox every 24 hours with a new piece.

I can say for sure that this one will not be in my give away in November. I can only imagine the cost of shipping, if someone from a different country won it. So, I'm going to save myself the headache of that. Still, one of the other five will definitely be put into the give away. One for my dA sweepstakes and one for my Facebook sweepstakes. I haven't decided how many will be in each give away yet. I do know there will be at least 5 knives in both.

i like the bladed end but the other end would be interesting if its bladed but curves up the background suits it nicely maybe something earthly now the handle is magnificent awesome awesome lovely lovely please think about my comment please itd be awesome so keep up the good work and more tomahawks and dirks maybe a machete this is all i can think for the critique so now ill say random shit sorry i did not know i needed a one hundred word minimum screw you deviant art so your a cool guy try and make a sword once

Wow. Just, wow. That is all I can say when I look at this piece. The thought and planning that must have gone into this were probably enormous. Not only does *Logan-Pearce put exceptional craftsmanship into his projects, he gives them heart. This piece is an amazing piece of work. With the lines flowing gracefully from the rear curl to the vicious blade end that looks like it could chop somebody in two with one swipe, this knife looks both functional and like a showpiece. The handle is a beautiful piece of work, comparable to even the most skilled woodworker. Congratulations Logan, you have really impressed me this time.

Nicely executed. The use of HC rebar in this fashion is inspired. Likes: I like the texture you accomplished be leaving the ridges an just knocking them down to a shiny embellishment. Blade shape is nice; I especially like the accents on the back of the beard. Handle is likewise well executed with the incised pattern. Dislikes or maybe "What I don't kinda like." the poll. I think, and this is just my opinion, I think that the folded over hammer isn't in line with the rest of the execution.

I see now though that you only had 24hrs to execute the design, so making an equally impressive poll might have pushed your self imposed time limit out the forge door.

Having said all that, it is still a wonderful piece and one that I would surely enjoy owning.Best regards,Albert A RaschFOB Shank Afghanistan

Well I can do it both ways. With a machine or with a stone. If it is one of my expensive knives, then I'll take the extra time to hand do it using a Norton sharpening stone with WD-40 for the lube.

However, for most of my knives that are on a schedule, then I go with machine sharpening. Which is using a worn 120+ belt and putting the burr or 'Feather Edge' on the knife, then I take the feathers off with a green jeweler's compound. After that I do a quick pass with a leather strap. It cuts my time down by a lot.

I mean both methods take a while to get good at. I have more practice with the machine sharpening and I was taught how to do it that way by a professional sharpener that sharpens surgical knives for a living. I'm not as good as him, but I can make it a lot sharper with a machine than I can with the stone. It's only because I'm no terribly great using a stone though. From what I've seen, stone sharpening is crazy sharp if done perfectly. But like I said it depends on which method you are good at, ya know?

My feelings on this piece is, delicate in the cutting process... no question to that, but from the aspect that its original design was meant for much more rugged horse play; I'm thinking the head should be a little more secure. A quick snip with an apposing wpn and now you've got a great stick. If you can pull of the same slender sleek design, but with a tougher construction... oh hell yeah.

This is very nice. Since it's forged from rebar i have to ask, does it hold an edge well? Most of the rebar i come across is unworkable, either too soft to hold a real edge or begins to crumble as I forge it,

Fas question, I have done similar with RRS but I cannot get it to hold on the handle for any real reliable use. Any secrets to getting a good hold? I even tried rivets and srewing it into the wooden haft.

I make sure that the handle is a little bigger than the hole. Not a whole lot, but about a cm or so larger all the way down. I then beat the #$#$%^ out of it down that way it won't move at all. After that I take another sizable piece of metal and shape it into a wedge. I make the wedge about an inch long, then I hammer it down from the top. That way at the very top it is pushed out, applying more pressure from the very top of the hole in the head and less at the bottom. In a sense it is always pushing the head downward towards the handle. Basically the same way they do for hammers. I figure if a hammer can stay on it's handle through all of it's uses, then mine should be able to stay on as long as possible too. Of course, we aren't throwing hammers all of the time either.

But it's just like machinery, the more it is used the more it will wear. There's not a way to make it permanently that on there through abuse. Pieces are going to wear out, etc. That's why they make new parts. At least that what I was told. lol. Keeping all of that in mind, it's probably the reason most of the handles on old axes/tomahawks didn't have a whole lot of embellishments, because they probably didn't last very long. Not like a handle of a knife or sword.

I mainly just try to make them like hammers and abused tools like that. After looking at their set up, it seemed the best for me and a wedge that is thick/long seems to work, as long as the shaft had absolutely no room to move.

Thanks for the detailed reply, I attempted something like your description but I got few details wrong so I think I will try wedging it differently than I did. Looking at the old piece now I can see how the wedge I did is not working very well. Axes area bit more complicated than Knives hehe Fantastic work!